At 9:56 PM -0500 10/29/01, ben wrote: >Hi Paul, > >> This discussion has an undercurrent of Chinese vs. non-Chinese, and >> that is really ugly. The problems faced in traditional-simplified > >> The people who say "the IETF cannot move forwards with IDN until it >> is better for my language than for other people's language" are >doing >> a disservice to everyone, including the people who use their own >> language. >> >> --Paul Hoffman, Director >> --Internet Mail Consortium >> > >Although I generally like to stay out of discussions on TC<->SC (due >to my lack of technical knowledge compared to most people in this WG), >I must correct you on the above. To blame the Chinese people in this >WG for delaying the progress of the IETF is so unfair. How is it >possible for people to delay the progress of the IETF by simply >posting up messages and writing drafts?
Ben, that is both absurd and deeply offensive. You purposely put two unrelated quotes together and then misquote me. I never said "the Chinese people" did anything because I know that "the Chinese people" don't all agree on everything or do the same things. There have been folks from a number of different countries who have exhibited the behavior I was complaining about. Further, all of us together are responsible for the advance and delay in this Working Group. Right now, we are waiting for a draft from a group of people that is comprised of both Chinese and non-Chinese folks who have a deeper understanding of an important topic that many of the rest of us do. The nationality of the people writing that document is mostly irrelevant: their knowledge of the topic is what most important here. Trying to draw nationalistic lines is not helpful, and is particularly silly in a body like the IETF. --Paul Hoffman, Director --Internet Mail Consortium
